mick2me 3,033 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 This was won on the darts at Goose Fair in late 1970s Like my waist in the 1970s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Tell me about it! A waist is just a fond memory. Hey, Mick2me, we don't care do we. More fun this way. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I was a 28 waist and 36 chest! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Bin a few years since I could get into a pair of trousers with a 28 waist..... 36 these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Can't remember what it's like to have a waist! Since having a baby I can't get rid of my muffin top.. went on slimming world and dropped from a size 12 to an 8.. but lately I can't help myself at all, far too much cake and biccies with me cuppa tea! And the muffin top is back.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 No - rain's cheating. Proper Goose Fair weather is dry (either sunny or overcast) but with a bit of a nip in the air, and just a touch of mist. I always thought that THE time to be there was from dusk until darkness. Anybody for the cakewalk? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I too always thought as described above was goose fair weather. Same weather applies for bonfire night, with a touch of misty type rain thrown into the mix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Carni, love your photo @ #122 - So pregnant with captions......................... PS: Nice smile, nice smile.........('And I mean that sincerely folks') Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Jackson Hopefully , you will have the pleasure of meeting Mr & Mrs Carni @the next meet up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 The 'Dive Bomber' was a killer. Especially if you were passing... coins would fall out of peoples pockets. The old penny came keen on the back of your head! I have some slides taken at GF around 1977. Just been down the fair, the dive bomber is there, 55 METRES high and 83 mph, and no i didn't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Thank you Jackson, I am so used to seeing our stretched Coca Cola bottle just sitting on a shelf out of sight, that it was a pleasure to have a reason to bring it out of hibernation. We believe we have had it for around 35yrs, not bad really, considering the amount of things we break annually. I see that bottle every day and it is a constant little reminder of my roots and the fun i have had in days gone by at the'Goose Fair'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Typical! Apparently we were due heavy rain all day today. So we cancelled our plans to go to the fair deciding to go early on Saturday.. Woken up, checked met office again and oh, no rain!! But at least the toddler and man child got a lay in. They haven't slept past 7am in I don't know how long! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Just decided, Spur of the moment to come to Nottingham for Goose Fair, If it is still throwing it down with rain (as it is here in W-ton) we will do a detour at Derby and have a ride round the beautiful countryside. So hopefully in a couple of hours i will be munching...Mushy Peas, Burgers, Brandy Snaps and anything else that looks and smells good.Whooooooppeeeeee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Don't forget whelks and doughnuts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 ...and then a ride on the cakewalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 When I wor a littl'un, Friday afternoon was Children's tme, and Dad used to have a day off work and take me in the afternoon, I seem to recall all the children's rides were 3d a go. This would have been 1950 - 53. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 An' summat else... Saturday afternoon in the same era, used to get taken by Great aunt and Uncle along with my elder brother. We used to get one of the NCT Goose Fair buses from the Square, spend the afternoon at the Fair, then on to a toyshop further along Gregory Boulevard (Bostocks?) for a Fairing, then the luxury of a Streamline taxi back to Comyn Street, where Mum and Gran had laid on a Fair Tea for us all. Magic childhood memories are Goose Fair ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Travelling in a car was an adventure in those times... If you weren't 'Car Sick'! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 When I went up the Mansfield ramper today it was Goose Fair weather, light rain with a good mist. Must be on special order. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Mam would take me with her, when I was a kid, so she'd have someone to ride on the waltzers with! [whether I liked them or not] After the fair we'd go to her brother and sister-in-law's chippy in Forest Fields for supper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Hi everyone, We have just arrived back in W-ton. We had around 2hrs at the fair from midday and the sun shone most of the time, so how lucky was that! We were near Wollaton on the way home when the rain started. I had forgotten just how fast some of those rides were and how loud the music was, Has anyone had a go on the Star Flyer,(i think that is the name), i imagine the riders felt as if they were on parachutes they were so high in the sky. I made a few inquiries as to what happened to the original seller and maker of the famous cock on a stick, and this is what i was told. The original owner decided to retire. He sold his business and equipment but not his recipe.The new owners could not master the making of the rock cockerels and they ended up as just a squiggle on a stick and the sales diminished so much that they closed down. The last time i saw the originals, there were three sizes and the more you paid, the more detail there was on them, must have been in the 1980s. This information was given to me by a stall holder, it sounds reasonable to me, sad that a tradition most of us older ones remember has gone. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 What did you go on then Carni? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 I need a stick for my cock 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 With a length of string to keep it on Derek, or do you need a splint Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Its i bit like those turkey that are running this country at the moment, its either a 'cock up' or a 'stick up'! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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